Charaxes cacuthis

Charaxes cacuthis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of lowland and coastal forests.

Charaxes cacuthis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. cacuthis
Binomial name
Charaxes cacuthis
Synonyms
  • Charaxes antanala Lucas, 1872

Description

A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan (1900). Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 457-458 as subspecies of Charaxes etesipe (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 )

Life history

The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.

Realm

Afrotropical realm

Classification

Charaxes cacuthis is a member of the species group Charaxes etesipe.

The clade members are:

References

  • Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1966). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)45-101.


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